I stopped off at the local all mercedes junk yard TRI-STAR PETE'S today and found out they have sold it. there was over 500 mercedes in the yard reduced to about 100 because tempe forced pete to sell it. the yard that bought his bussiness bought 100 cars from him,(mostly 126 style) and the rest are being CRUSHED engine and everything else nobody has bought. the have crushed almost all of the 50's and 60's cars and almost all the 123 have been crushed and sold to a metal recycling company. i wondered the yard today looking at all of the smashed pieces and wondering what it would be like to own all of those. now i have to find a new place for parts. DAMN IT!!!!
i just thought i would share this with all of you.

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things like this seem to be happening all over . some place in Georgia i think this guy had a VW biz and lots 100's of clasic VW's and they made him get rid of them the place had been there for years

lots of German steel being crushed

code enforcement has been down right
evil in orlando as of late. fining people for cars that aren't a eye soar becuse no one can see them

seen this happen lately to friends of mine

I heard he was moving over by 19th Ave and Broadway, somewhere in that area. It costs too much to move all the stuff. The city of tempe is expanding and they really wanted the property. At least that's what I heard. Yeah he did have a lot of really old cars. You should go down and buy what you need for cheap.

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Current Stable:
1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey.

Former Mercedes in the Stable:
1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now)
1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold
1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold
1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold
1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold
1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020)
1992 500E 156k mi sold
etc.

he sold it to some other company. i asked if any parts would be cheaper and one of his workers said no. i was looking at all the crushed cars that were stacked. what a shame. some of them had useable parts.

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Keep in mind too that scrap steel is bringing a premium these days.

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Jim

Prices of new steel have nearly doubled in the past year and a half. Just about half of US steel now made at smaller plants that are highly dependant on electricity. Most new electrical generation from natural gas.... I guess somebodies weed is another's flower. I have so much fun in junkyards that some people "remind" me to bring a sleeping bag. And they're going to get smaller sooner than later.

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daBenz - 1970 220D

that sounds like me. i wish i had brought my camera the time before last to take pics of all the cars.

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